"This work is unlike any other, in its range of rich, conjuring imagery and its dexterity, its smart voice. Carroll-Hackett doesn’t spare us—but doesn’t save us—she draws a blueprint of power and class with her unflinching pivot: matter-of-fact and tender." —Jan Beatty

What Does Peace Mean To You?

Our first official chapter project is underway! But we need your help!

Submission Guidelines for Peace Vines

In many conversations about Writing for Peace, we’ve learned that people limit their definition of the word peace to its association with war. The many beautiful and varied ways we can define peace, as individuals or in the many groups, cultures, etc., to which we belong, too often get lost in the shadow of war versus peace. So we want to hear from as many people as possible, discussing what peace means to them personally.

Being curated by Brigid Hokana, Peace Vines will be a Youtube Channel featuring these short videos, with the hope of opening up the discussion of what peace can mean, and why it matters so much to all of us.

If you’re interested in submitting a video for inclusion in Peace Vines, please visit our Current Projects Page for submission details.

Growing the mission of Writing For Peace–promoting empathy & peaceful activism through creative writing– here at home, in our own region, the inaugural chapter of Writing For Peace has begun here in Central Virginia.

Writers of all kinds, community activists, & supporters of the arts coming together to use our skills to better our communities!

Start a chapter to benefit your community! Join us in moving toward a more peaceful world–for everyone!

Thanks and Love to that fabulous poet-sister Amy Tudor for posting the article that inspires today’s prompt.

“Adults in America don’t sing communally. Children routinely sing together in their schools and activities, and even infants have sing-alongs galore to attend. But past the age of majority, at grown-up commemorations, celebrations, and gatherings, this most essential human yawp of feeling—of marking, with a grace note, that we are together in this place at this time—usually goes missing.”

Plume Snake is a new service that allows members unlimited access to all of the creator-owned comic books and graphic novels in their growing library, A digital archive of creator-owned comics and graphic novels!

My brilliant talented alum Alex Odom, with his amazing team including Austin Jr., have been working to launch this new model of artistic community, and now IT’S LIVE!!!!

Just 5 buckaroos for full access! Check it out! Sign up! Get your read on!

And support these innovative amazing young Artist-Entrepreneurs! So honored and humbled to have worked with both Alex and Austin ❤

Building the first issue of HeartWood 🙂 So excited to be part of bringing these beautiful words out into the world. Thinking about how art lets connect in ways unlike anything else, how it lets us reach across space, across time, across history, and commune with each other.

Communion defined: the sharing or exchanging of intimate thoughts and feelings, especially when the exchange is on a mental, emotional, or spiritual level.